Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer
Lee himself said he did not want to be commemorated this way, but that was disregarded amid the wave of Confederate monuments built during the Jim Crow era to reinforce white supremacy. That’s the history. Glad to see this statue finally come down. — PolitiTweet.org
The Recount @therecount
And there it goes: Charlottesville VA's Robert E. Lee statue has been removed. https://t.co/qI4xhnIqJ3